SMARTER Board Member Presents at Michigan Traffic Safety Summit

SMARTER Board Member, Dr. Dan Petterson, presented a breakout session at the 2025 Michigan Traffic Safety Summit.  Hosted by the Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning, the Summit was held March 4 and 5 in Grand Rapids, MI and was attended by approximately 450 Michigan traffic safety professionals.  Petterson’s presentation was titled “Michigan Motorcyclist Safety, the choices we have made and the results of our choices.”  The presentation agenda included defining meaning of comprehensive motorcyclist safety, identifying  main components of MI’s motorcyclist safety program, reviewing the countermeasure literature and using Michigan specific data to assess the effectiveness of MI’s countermeasure choices.